Why Do We Recode in Spss?

The Recode into Different Variables dialog box allows you to reassign the values of existing variables or collapse ranges of existing values into new values for a new variable. For example, you could collapse salaries into a new variable containing salary-range categories.

What are recode values?

In MCSA questions, the Recode Values are numerical values that will be used to assign variable values to each answer choice.

What does recode mean in statistics?

Recoding your data means changing the values of a variable so that they represent something else.

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